| Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Perissodactyla
- ---- family: Rhinocerotidae
- ----- species: Ceratotherium simum
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| Characteristics: | herbivore; height: 150-180cm; the body is barrel-shaped with a low hanging head; the ears are pointy; the head is long with two horns on the snout, the front horn being the bigger one (± 85 cm); the square lips are characteristic; the white Rhinoceros is bigger than the black Rhinoceros |
| Countries: |
- BW
- Botswana
- NA
- Namibia
- ZA
- South Africa
- ZW
- Zimbabwe
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| Ecoregions: |
- AT0709
- Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT0726
- Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
- AT1004
- Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
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| References: | Cillié 1997: 102 |
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